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[Original testimony in German]
Gratitude prompts me to testify to the great help I have...
Gratitude prompts me to testify to the great help I have received in Christian Science.
In the spring of 1917, I was taken very ill. We did not realize, however, how ill I was until one morning I arose with such severe pain in my left side that for a moment we did not know what to do. We had known of Christian Science through relatives for some time, and had gained confidence in it. We therefore sent a telegram at once to a practitioner in Hannover asking for treatment. The same afternoon the terrible pain abated. We had also sent for a physician in order to have a diagnosis. When he came the severe pain had already yielded to Christian Science treatment; but in spite of this the physician asked reproachfully why we had not sent for him before, because my condition was very critical.
At first there was no further improvement in my condition, so we asked the practitioner to visit me; which she most willingly did. She recognized at once that it was not only the physical sickness which depressed me to such an extent, but also mental inharmonies. When this became clear to me, and I recognized spiritual Truth better, my healing progressed so rapidly that in less than a fortnight I was able to walk for twenty minutes; whereas for weeks before I had only been able to go from my bed to an armchair with the greatest difficulty, and supported on both sides. My relatives and all those who had seen me were surprised at my quick recovery. Yes, they even told me that they never thought I would return to work. Since that time I have remained well, happy, and able to work without interruption.
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December 18, 1926 issue
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"They . . . were all filled"
VIOLET KER SEYMER
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Exercise Which Overcomes
CHARLES BUFORD STANTON
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"Go ye into all the world"
ETHEL MARY PERKINS
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Spiritual Joy
SUSIE B. KREAGER
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Steadfastness
ISABEL A. RUSSUM
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Dispelling False Shadows
BURT K. FILER
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I Know No Care
WILLIAM WATKINS VAUGHAN
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A recent answer by a critic in the Boston Herald to a...
Judge Clifford P. Smith, Committee on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts,
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Christian Scientists are appreciative of the kindliness of...
Robert G. Steel, Committee on Publication for the State of Michigan,
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When I set out to correct a misstatement about Christian Science...
Miss Madge Bell, Committee on Publication for North Island, New Zealand,
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It is taken for granted that the question asked by...
Israel Pickens, Committee on Publication for the State of Alabama,
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As are the Silent Stars
ESTHER BRINTON
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Friendship and Peace
Albert F. Gilmore
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Love's Panoply
Ella W. Hoag
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The Lectures
with contributions from Spencer E. Hollond, Jean C. Hollinger, Willie R. Combs, Archie E. Van Ostrand, Ethel Lowe
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I want to express my gratitude to God for the many...
William H. Wrigley
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I wish to show my gratitude for Christian Science by...
Ruth Browning Buck
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It was in the year 1897 that I took up the study of...
Loveday T. Holsinger
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I am very grateful for being able to demonstrate in...
Madeline D. Longanecker
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I am grateful for the healing of physical suffering
A. Marie House
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Harry Levi, J. A. Hutton, J. L. Neill